Some historians consider Pochaina to be the river in which the people of Kyiv were baptized when Volodymyr the Great introduced Christianity as the Kyivan Rus' new religion in the 10th century, according to Kyiv Post.

In the case of Petrivka station, its name had to be changed in line with the decommunization policy because it was named after Hrigory Petrovsky, a prominent Bolshevik, who used to be the head of Ukrainian Soviet Republic's legislative, administrative, executive body called Central Executive Committee, it said.

The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska metro line was also renamed; its new name is Obolonsko-Teremkivska.

Public discussions on renaming the subway line took place from May 29 to July 29, 2017. Some 80% of the participants voted for the initiative.

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